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1. Between You And Me

2. Quartz

3. Map Of The World

4. When I Meet God

5. The Fruit Of The Wild Rose

6. Separated Out

7. This Is The 21st Century

8. If My Heart Were A Ball It Would Roll Uphill

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A promotional blurb accompanying Marillion's 12th studio album (a venture funded entirely by 12,000 of the band's fans) challenges music journalists to avoid references to progressive rock, Genesis, and dinosaurs in their reviews. "You're all wrong about Marillion, just put it on and listen to it," pleads singer Steve Hogarth. While such sentiments could easily be paraphrased as "You'll be surprised how much this album doesn't sound like us"--hardly a flattering self-assessment--it's true that Anoraknophobia belongs much more to 2001 than the days when certain lambs lay down on Broadway. Even if efforts to get with it are intermittently overeager--the 11-minute-long "When I Meet God" dearly wishes it could be the Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work"--there's much to admire in the shape of the genuinely pretty summer wistfulness of "Fruit of the Wild Rose," the stadium-rock competence of "Map of the World," and the Kula Shaker-like psychedelic funfair racket of "Separated Out." --Kevin Maidment

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   17 of 18 people found the following review helpful: What's so scary about ski jackets, anyway..?, September 16, 2002 By  spiral_mind (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews    An immensely fascinating, layered and well-crafted piece of work, Anoraknophobia is one of the most addicting releases I've heard this year. It's a rare thing when a new album captivates me for weeks on end, one that completely draws me into a sublimely rich listening experience and keeps its staying power after dozens of spins, but that's exactly what this enchanting work has done. I'm writing this from the perspective of a new Marillion convert, so I can't say how it compares to anything previous.. I just know that I've been repeatedly playing the disc for over a month now like a lab rat hitting the pleasure button, and I'm still completely enamored with it. It's surprised and impressed me a whole lot, and I'd gladly pre-order another new album from these guys sight unseen.. or umm, unheard. Whatever. Never mind the is-this-a-joke-or-what title and the cover resembling a South Park poster; Marillion has come up with a truly progressive and solid work here. It's not just the irresistible hooks of "Between You and Me" or the mesmerizing "Map of the World" that make Anoraknophobia so compelling, it's the whole package. "Quartz" builds from a slinky bass line to a chorus that's Pink Floyd-like in its grand scope. "21st Century" is a low-key excursion through a hazy world of dreams, carried by vastly echoing guitars and atmospheric keyboards - the kind